registrar
noun
Simple meaning
An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
rehjihstrahrSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɹɛdʒɪstɹɑɹ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
Internet
A service that manages the reservation of domain names.
A doctor receiving advanced specialist training in some countries in order to become a consultant.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: An officer in a university who keeps enrollment and academic achievement records.
Used this way, registrar is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly warm, approving pull. It turns up most in academic writing contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Positive
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Successful and accomplished
- Usage feel
- Precise and approving
Where it naturally appears
- Academic writing
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use registrar
- “The registrar helped me sign up for all my college classes.”
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